Wednesday: sunny with stellar packed powder for a few more days…

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The Forecast

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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast – 5000′
Wednesday 0′
Thursday 0′
Friday 0′->7500′

Mt. Hood Snow Forecast

Glorious packed powder riding conditions continue on the mountain today under crystal clear sky. We’ll stick with the sunshine through Friday. After that, model differences (see TATAS forecast) make it all but impossible to tell you what will happen this weekend, or at least for the latter half of the weekend.

Wednesday’s mountain weather will be full-on sunshine. The free air freezing level will be 0′ near Mt. Hood. Temps at 5000′ start near 30 and should hold. No precip. Wind: variable to 10 this morning building to NE 20 this afternoon and NE 15 overnight.

Thursday will be clear and sunny all day. The free air freezing level will be 0′ all day, although some areas could see temps rise above freezing overnight. Wind: NE 15 in the morning, ENE 15 in the afternoon, and variable to 5 overnight. Friday looks clear and warmer; the free air freezing level rises to 7500′ with temps in the upper 30’s at 5000′. Wind: variable to 5 in the morning, NE 10 in the afternoon, and NW 20 overnight. Saturday currently holds a good chance of being a sunny day, but there is some disagreement in the models. As previously hinted at, model differences beyond Saturday really make it impossible to give a precise or accurate forecast, even though we’re just a few days out. Let’s continue to hold off until there’s more clarity. In the meantime, groom, Nordic, and parks are excellent!

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Gorge Wind Forecast

Three days of easterlies are on tap for you hardy winter windsporting people. Wednesday kicks off with easterlies at 5-10 all through the Gorge. They’ll build to 25-30 at Rooster and Stevenson this afternoon with 15-20 at Viento. Just one river flow reading this morning: 126kcfs. River temp is 43F, and high temp forecast is 38F. Thursday starts with 20-25 at Viento, 25-35 at Stevenson, and 40-50 at Rooster. Afternoon wind picks up slightly to 30-40 at Stevenson and 40-50 at Rooster. High temp: 33F. Friday starts with 30-35 at Stevenson and 50 at Rooster and holds through 4pm before fading overnight. High temp: 31F. After that, model challenges make the wind impossible to predict.

Jones, Sauvie’s, Coast – Done for the Season

Hood River Weather Forecast

Mostly cloudy sky this morning sticks around this afternoon. A few flurries are possible this morning. Temps will be near 30 early and in the upper 30’s later. Easterlies. No rainbows. Thursday will be Nothing all day. Temps start in the mid 20’s and rise to the low 30’s. Easterlies. No rainbows. Friday will be Nothing in the morning and partly cloudy later. Temps will be in the low 20’s early and low 30’s in the afternoon. Easterlies. No rainbows.

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Local-ish Events

Please let me know of outdoor-related local-ish events. If you don’t tell me, I don’t know!
Two events on the 17th: The Dirty Fingers KringleKrawl and a snowkiting event at Windance (4-6pm). Regular weekly events: Monday brings forest bathing and meditation walk. Meet at 5:15pm Mondays in November at the corner of Arrowhead Ave and Indian Creek Road. Suggested donation up to $20. Ferment’s Tuesday night 4-mile walk/run is at 6pm. At 7:15am on Wednesdays, there’s a run from the White Salmon Bakery. At 7am on Friday morning, there’s a run from Pine Street Bakery. On Friday’s at 2:30pm, there’s a free meditation and stretching class (brand new) at Yoga Samadhi. There’s a weekly group paddle to the Event Site on Sunday at 11 am followed by a free pint at the fire pit at Ferment. That’s the “Paddle n’ Pint”. Also: Wednesday Paddle Sprints at the Event Site at Noon. The sprint course is 2 two laps around the sailing buoy near Wells Island and back – 3.5 miles.

Cycling

Now it’s snowy on the trails! We’ll keep the freeze/thaw language just in case the snow goes somewhere (which it won’t any time soon). If you ride trails that froze and then thawed, you’ll do major and probably permanent damage to the tread. The Family Man closure kicked off on November 1st – the area around Family Man and Riordan Hill Road will be closed into December. Upper elevation trails, above 4000′, are likely to have some snow coverage. If you’re riding Post Canyon, you will need a parking pass. Those can be purchased at many local shops or online.